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130 LAURELIA NOVE-ZELANDIA. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS. 
Laurelia contains two species, both restricted to the Southern Hemisphere 
one is found in South Chili, the other in New Zealand. 
pea age OE “THE >PECIES< 
oe of the South Island: ne is rare in Westland. A solitary a 
observed in Preservation Inlet, Otago. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Laurelia Novee-Zelandiee, A. Cunn. 
Atherosperma Nove-Zelandia, Hook. f. 
A lofty evergreen tree, 8oft. to 120ft. high. Branchlets and petioles pu bes 
cent. Leaves opposite, glossy, coriaceous, ovate or oblong-obtuse, obsou 
or coarsely toothed, glabrous. Flowers HS ais in axillary racemes, s 
perianth five-leaved. Males, stamens six to eight. Vemale, stamens red uced 
to scales ; pistil of six to eight carpels, with Foaiee styles, hairy. Fruit urceo late, 
four-valy eat enclosing six to ae hairy achenes. 
EXPLANATION OF PiaTrE LXAXI. 
Laurelia Nove-Zelandi@, A. Cunn. Flowering specimen of the male ple 
natural size. 1. Male flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Female flower. ~ 4. P: 
5. Fruit. 6. Achene. 7. Longitudinal section of an achene. -All magnified, 
except 5 and 6. The female flower is copied from Hooker f. : 
